Question: Are these guys going to translate from vol.1

Im new here, still reading up on the weird points system these guys use, I have one question:
Do they translate from Volume 1 like YenPress does ignoring were fan translations leave the series at?
Because from what Im seeing they are starting from Vol.1 of Grimgar even though fan-translation are up to vol.4
And does anyone know why do companies do that?

@pizzapicante27 Yes, they translate from the first volume and ignore the fan translation.

Why they do it? Well, just because it makes sense. If you're licensing something you should start from volume 1 and then continue hence forth. Not everyone knows about fan TLs and some of them are not up to par with official translations.

I would honestly be quite upset if licensors did start translating late because of the presence of fan translations! I don't read fan translations (although I have nothing against them), but when a series is licensed you lose access to them anyway as most respectable groups remove their translation. It's always better for the licensor to start at volume 1.

@Demelza Well, I had considered doing something like starting from both vol. 1 AND vol XX where XX is the last part that hasn't been fan translated yet.
But the more you think about such thing, the less realistic it becomes.

In the end it's best to start at Vol. 1 and just keep up a consistent pace.

Yeah, I can't imagine a company letting a legit licensor start from later volumes and encourage people to go to fan translations for the early volumes. It'd be like a company encouraging people to watch season one of a show on torrent and only start DVD and bluray with season 2.

@pizzapicante27 the Authors don't get money from fan translations. A publishing company allows them to sell each Volume for money so it's easy to see why they would start from the beginning cuz they don't own the fan translations. Once signed with the publishers though, translating without their consent turns makes it illegal, that's why they stop translating.

Rokuojouma (spelling?) is their first venture into publishing mid-series using a translator who had worked up to late in the series when it wasn't officially licensed. Of course, we're getting early volumes too. Best of both worlds.

@terrence imagine he comes back to JNC and realizes that Grimgar is almost caught up with the most current volume. 2 more volumes to go, but by than v11 will be out yay. I personally can’t wait for 10 and 11. Not reading 10 unless 11 is out XD .